Hi,
here are the latest xf86-input-wacom-0.17.0 for k3.4.2 drivers compiled on dpup exprimo 5X.3.4.2.12
thanks for testing and reporting
Charlie
ps: the one for k2.6.39.4 will follow within a few days ...

I noticed that in /etc/X11/ there is a file in charlie's pet package that explains how to make xorg.conf file.

Hi Don, I saw your comment about the xorg tutorial embedded in Charlies pet file and wondered if there is any chance of you posting just that info somewhere? (I don't yet know how to extract one component from a pet and I haven't trialled Exprimo yet)

I have followed this thread with great interest, reading and rereading it. But, I still do not understand how to get a working edit into the xorg.conf. It does not have the ServerLayout section no matter how many times it is deleted and Puppy rebooted. When edited to include the ServerLayout and other items for the Wacom tablet, X refuses to use the file and will not start without running the Xorg wizard. xorg.conf always returns to this content:

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key
# events.

# Option "DontVTSwitch"

# Enables mode switching with xrandr
# There is a report that this can cause Xorg not to work on some
# video hardware, so default is commented-out...
# but i want to use it in xorgwizard so leave on...

Option "RandR" "on"

# With this, Xorg won't talk to HAL to add evdev devices and you'll be back
# with the old Xorg behavior (pre-7.4)...

For anyone with a hard drive installation of Puppy 5.2.8 and a Wacom Digitizer II (also Artz II) serial graphics tablet and following this thread, here is an update.

The xorg.conf can be constructed with a ServerLayout section that will persist through rebooting. I have one working now. I also have wacdump and xsetwacom working. They show that all the functions of the tablet can be communicated with the computer running Puppy 5.2.8. The two Wacom kernel drivers included in Puppy 5.2.8 are: 1) for the USB connected graphics tablet and 2) for a tablet PC. Currently I'm working on compiling the kernel driver against the 2.6.33.2 kernel. The 'close-to' kernel versions that I've tried yield an "invalid module" response.

Hi hotdog,
- about section ServerLayout:
maybe you have already found that you need (=must !) to run Xorgwizard for your PC + screen configuration to get that section made in xorg.conf.

- use of wacom tablet needs two drivers: a kernel one; + a Xorg one (sorry if you are already aware);

- does the kernels wacom driver need to be compiled?

Quote:

So, as told in the old linux-wacom-project
website from kernel later than 2.6.35, and X server from version 1.7, only the xf86-input-wacom driver needs to be compiled.

- 1. does your distro comes with a wacom.ko kernel driver, doesn'it? Or maybe do you need a more up to date driver ...i don't know anything about it.
- 2. type in a console

Code:

Xorg --version

if 1.7 or above you might only need compiling the Xorg xf86-input-wacom driver.

- for compiling the wacom Xorg input driver ( ! not the kernel driver), and making a pet do read don570's and shinobar's posts inside this thread (somewhere around page 14 and following; also prefer using «make install DESTDIR=path_to_directory_to _make_the_pet_from» to populate that directory - otherwise the pet comes with missing files which are actually installed in the system rather than in the pet)

- if reading across linuxwacom website pages, you will that version 0.18.0 of xf86-input-wacom needs a fix. So prefer another version.